shadroch

In that time period, it made perfect sense. You talk bout 25 cent boxes as if they were commonplace. For 90% of readers, if they got to one convention a year they were lucky. In 1975, there were two comic shops on Long Island, as I recall. Back issues were hard to find and the demand for these books was strong. At least half the books I bought were reprints. Marvel owned the product, all they needed was a new cover and someone to edit the stories a bit. Marvel Tales, Double Feature, Super-Action, Marvels Greatest Comics, and a half dozen more titles were solid enough and took up valuable shelf space. Marvel/Cadence made pennies per book sold so volume was key. Not to mention the irony of Marvel publishing more books each month featuring Kirby than they did when he actually worked there. The X-Men had a bit of a cult following and had recently been guest stars in a few books, but economics said if might be more profitable to keep it in reprints.

"When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me Speaking words of wisdom- LET IT BE"

They are also manufactured to allow newton rings.

I've stored them flat with no ill results. Just don't stack them too high.

9.2

Don't look back. You'll drive yourself crazy over something you can't control. Around 1980,I sold my first AF15 for $150. I'd paid $90 for it a few months before and was very happy. The last AF 15 I sold ,I bought on the boards for just under 10K and sold it almost a year later for 15K. Hopefully, some of the books I bought with the money from those sales has taken off, but I don't worry about it. One sale I do regret was a bunch of SA books I sold for $3,000 about 2002. My regret isn't that I sold the books but that I put the money into a stock I expected to pop and they went bankrupt. My $3,000 turned into $47 and gawd only knows what the books would be worth today. I learned a long time ago not to get upset over things I can't control. F.I.D.O.

I'd see if there is anyone local who binds these things. Someone who does them on a regular basis should be able to undo them as well.

What do you think a pressing will improve on this book?

bound copies, especially older ones like this appears to be, generally have the comics trimmed extensively. I'm not sure you would see any benefit from taking it apart. There is a niche market for these, although I'm not sure there is an established market value for them. I'd contact Heritage and see what they think.

5.0

I've seen some amazing work on back covers. As it is I'd give it a 2.5, but it could be a 3.5. A while ago, a boardie posted what I thought was a joke about having a BC cleaned. His was in worst shape and came out very nice

5.0

Do people really need the guy to be wearing a swastika to know who he is?

Items with swastikas can't be sold in many markets. This is not new, as the German edition of Captain America #1 has the swastikas disguised as circles.

You can deduct your casino losses from any casino winnings. When I worked on a team in Vegas, we had a guy who regularly swept the sports /horse rooms for losing tickets. I was on a salary plus commission basis but I'm pretty sure what they used the tickets for.

I've a friend who sells used clothes in NYC. A typical week finds him hitting thrift stores and charity shops. Because he buys in bulk on a regular basis, he pays 50 cents to a dollar, and sells them on weekends for $3-$10 each. He briefly had a store but decided it was too much overhead. He pays taxes and collects sales taxes, and would say he had every bit as real a business as someone selling used comics or records.

In TTA 86, Hulk fights a Humanoid that Shield has somehow converted. There might be a Leader flashback in it.

I didn't read the Hulk in its TTA run, but vaguely think I recall the scene from a Marvel Superstars reprint, circa 1974-75. I'm tracking down a possibility or two.

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Did Stan steal his glasses?

Didn't Manleey die when he fell off a train following a night of drinking? The story I heard was he went in between cars, perhaps to urinate, and he slipped and fell to his death.

That does seem to be their first meeting, and exactly when the SA ends is certainly subjective. Offhand, I can't think of a meeting between Daredevil and Iron Man in that era. I imagine there are many other examples. Did Doctor Strange encounter Namor before Submariner 34?

Others may disagree but I consider books from the summer of 71 to be Silver Age. I consider the price hike to 20 cents as the cutoff.

Really? I vaguely recalled Spidey and Namor in space or another dimension. Don't recall DD in it at all, but it is forty plus years since I read it. I was never a Namor fan but in the summer of 75 I bought a huge stack of them and binge read them.

Submariner 40 is from around the same time. Not sure which came first.